LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16425, 24 February 1925, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Last-week specials are advertised on page 2 by Hethringtons’ Summer Sale. A young man received 12 momiis probation for posing as a detective and other offences at Wellington. A Press Association wire says that a heat wave in Brisbane has ben responsible for three deaths. The maximum temperature was 100. New Zealand is proving a good customer for South African dried apricots, a large consignment of which was shipped from the Cape towards the end of January, and some of this fruit is now being retailed at Is 3d per lbFor the Herries Memorial at Te Arolia several designs were submitted, and Mr. Parkinson’s tender of £SOO was accepted. In best selected marble, the monument will be erected in the Bridge Domain, which will be known as “Herries Memorial Park.”

T)k‘ indications are for westerly winds ni derate to stron, with a southerly tendency. The weather wit) probably prove squally and changeable, with passing showers. The barometer has a rising tendency. Seas moderate; tides good. Barometer 20. PS; thermometer, 71. A Sydney wire says the weather is dull but line for the cricket. To-morrow being Ash ‘Wednesday, special services at St. George’s Church are advertised. A Press telegram states that the Army Rifle Association's meeting has be.en postponed indefinitely. A Press telegram from Auckland says that the Aorangi was signalled this morning, and arrived about J .30 this afternoon. An Invercargill telegram states that owing to heavy showers the \ ictoriau match was postponed till two o’clock. Th.e visitors were accorded a civic reception. In the list published of the collections towards the Pipiroa Ferry by local business firms, the name ol Dauby’s for £5 was inadvertently omitted, also a contribution of a further guinea. With its application for two extra days’ racing being successful, which will give it four for the season, the Hamilton Racing Club intends to take active steps towards bringing the appointments at Te Rapa right up-to-date for its patrons.

The high wind was responsible for a striking scene at the Sports Ground, Palmerston North, where light downy thistle seed was carried along in such large numbers that the air, against the dark green of the turf and the background of the trees, strongly resembled a light- snowfall.

The date for laying the foundation stone of the new Training College at Mount Eden has been fixed for March 18th. The Education Board has requested Sir James Parr to perform the ceremony, which will mark an event of importance in the city’s educational progress.

For six years, a thirtcen-year-old London boy, Ivor Volga has been practising on bis ’cello. His tutor had to search all the music shops before he could find a ’cello small enough for him. He is a boy of fine physique and able to extract an immense amount ol volume from his instrument, which he loves.

Referring to the Apprentice Act Judge Frazer in the Arbitration Court this morning said: “I repeat what I said in Auckland. This Act docs not authorise the Court to make a general order applicable to all apprenticeships which havco been in force at least two years. It can only deal with future apprenticeships. The Court must interpret the Act as passed by Parliament, not in accordance with what the framers intended.”

Those riding bicycles or mutor-e\ oles along Pollen Street would be well advised to pull up and go slowly over the nibble on the inter-sections on Hie cross streets. Wheels are inclined to skid on the loose gravel, with disastrous results to riders. More than one spill has taken place lately. Only yesterday a young lady had a nasty fall off her bicycle, necessitating the services of a doctor.

One young Scot, who came out to New Zealand on the Hororata last week went to one of the city .churches on Sunday morning, and on being given a hearty welcome at the door by one of the elders of the kirk lie said h e wanted to find out all he could about the country and its institutions. He had left a lot of school mates at home in Scotland, and he promised them that he would not be long here till lie wrote and told them what the country was like. He thought lie could influence a good few of them to conn* out. because it was very hard sometimes to got a start in the Old Land. He had been here only a few days, but so far he had not heard of any boy who was "lacking a job. One thing shocked him, and that was at the place lie was staying, he heard several of the young men saying they were going for a picnic on Sunday, and what they said must have occurred, for he saw very few young men at the church that morning. FREE—AT KIRK’S. Each purchaser of a Tooth-Brush to the value of 2/- or over, will receive a nice Aluminium ToothBrush Rack FREE OF CHARGE. Only the Best English makes of Tooth-Brushes in stock, and only a limited number of Tooth-Brush Racks on hand —so buy now! Kirk, Chemist, Thames (next Renshaw’s.)